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buay tahan

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Singapore/ˌbwe˨ ˈtahan/

buay tahan verb: cannot endure or stand something any longer.

Verb

buay tahan

  1. (Manglish, Singlish, generally intransitive) Cannot endure or stand something any longer.
    • Cannot wait already, buay tahan already. I hope she doesn’t complain to anyone.2006, Elangovan, Smegma, →ISBN, page 39

Origin of buay tahan

From Hokkien 𣍐 / 袂 /𫧃 / 袂 (bōe, “cannot”) + Malay tahan (“to endure; to withstand; to bear”), which in Hokkien would be 袂打限 (bōe tá-hān). The equivalent expression in Malay is tak boleh tahan.

Questions about buay tahan

What does buay tahan mean?
Buay tahan means cannot endure or stand something any longer.
What part of speech is buay tahan?
Buay tahan is a verb.
How do you pronounce buay tahan?
Buay tahan is pronounced /ˌbwe˨ ˈtahan/ (Singapore).

Words near buay tahan in the dictionary

  1. buansuahs
  2. Buarainech
  3. Buas
  4. BUAV
  5. buay song
  6. buay tahan
  7. buay tank
  8. Buaya
  9. Buayan
  10. buaze
  11. bub

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